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{ Squad 1 Quarters - Head Captain's Office }

The lone sound of a pen scribbling down was the only sign of life within the Head Captain's office. The sun was now rising, Tamera rubbing her eyes as she gazed over to the dawn. She let out a soft sigh, placing down her pen as she rubbed her hands "My brittle bones are far too old to be writing all night" She said, now rubbing her heavy eyes with large bags. She had been working so diligently that she didn't even noticed that the sun had fallen and risen by now. She pushed her seat back and stood up, holding her back with her left hand as she walked over to the railing looking over the entirety of the Seireitei and beyond. She chuckled, the sun's radiance filling life in her wrinkly skin "Ah, how long has it been since I've taken the time to enjoy such a beautiful sunrise." One by one, she cracked her fingers to make them feel more limber for more work. She looked back, an unamused and tired expression on her face "...or...I could pay one of my dear daughters. Hup!" She made a small leap, gently stepping on the railing and taking another step forward. She instantly fell downwards, plumetting to the ground below with increasing speeds. With the swipe of a hand, the hard ground shifted and changed its density to match that of water.

A group of shinigamis were walking back, sweeping up and preparing their Squad for the day when suddenly a blur fell into the ground behind them. They all jumped up and turned around in surprise, their brooms shaking along with their hands. Suddenly, an old lady was shot out like a cannon from the ground not too far from them. One of the men was still clearly confused while the other just let out a chuckle and continued his rounds "Don't worry, it's the Head Captain going out for her daily stroll" The other one watched, the elder lady already a speck in the distance "That's a stroll?"

Head Captain Murakami skipped across the building tops like they were mere stepping stones. Her hands were behind her back as she moved like lightning, still pondering on which of her daughters she would visit. She couldn't help but let out a sinister chuckle "Fuyu will be mad that I'm not in my office...but then again, when isn't she mad ohohoho~" She said with her signature sinister laugh. "I have that find that lady a suitor soon~ Hmm, maybe another Captain will suffice" She chuckled again, her locations of visit expanding even more.

2nd Division Captain, Irei Vostera

"Everyone!!! The Sereitei is under attack!!! Prepare for battle!!" Irei's voice traveled through the barracks. In an instant of the lesser seated Soul Reapers quickly jumped of their beds before readying themselves for the unknown enemy. Seconds later, all of the Shinigami gathered at the center of the barracks while clenching their Zanpakuto's tightly. They had not crossed paths with the target and yet sweat was beginning to drip from their foreheads. Why was this? Were the soldiers ill prepared to fight or was it something else? "Urghhhh!!!" One by one the Soul Reapers were picked off until one was left standing. The last man standing clenched his weapon tightly to the point that his hands began to bleed. "Show yourself!!!" The Shinigami yelled with his eyes navigating the barracks back and forth simultaneously. "If this fight wasn't a mere test, then you'd be dead along with all the others..." A dark and sinister voice noted from behind the man.

"Maybe so, but I'm not dead yet!!!" The Shinigami yelled as he instinctively spun around in a 180 degree angle before following up with a horizontal slash. Though fast on his feet, the man's blade managed to cut only the air, causing his face to be consumed by fear. "I must admit that that's some nice reaction time you have there. However, I've already concluded my assessment of everyone's individual strengths and weaknesses so you're free to sleep now." The sinister voice spoke once more before the Shinigami's body fell to the ground right after. In no time at all Irei appeared in front of the pile of knocked out Soul reapers while mildly grinning. In his right hand was a bucket of red paint while in his right hand was another bucket filled with blue paint. "Now let's see who gets what..."The Squad 2 Captain muttered to himself lowly as he proceeded to place the buckets of paint onto the ground.

- Hours later, Squad 2 Barracks -

"Captain? Captain!? ...captain!!!" Irei jumped up from his slumber only to be greeted by his lower ranked Shinigami. "I was awake already...Sheesh!!! ...trying to master my mental state in my office just to get interrupted by disrespectful soldiers." The captain responded sluggishly, causing the men to look at each other with weird expressions before facing him again. "Umm captain, we're not in your office sooo yeaaahh and what's up with these markings?" one of the many Shinigami present asked. Irei looked up at the Soul reapers in response, which led to him finding animal markings on each one of their heads. "It seems you're indeed correct but more importantly, the animal shaped markings represent a letter grade while the color of those markings represent either positive or negative. For example: If you have a blue eagle plastered onto your head then that equates to you having a solid B-. I've posted up a paper on my office door for further information on this matter...dismissed."

"Three-forty... Three-forty-one... Three-forty-two"

Koyoshi kept one hand planted firmly on the ground as her entire body was suspended straight up in the air, her other hand keeping her long hair against her back as she continued her small workout. Under her lay the list of potential lieutenant candidates which was she reading at the same time, small beads of sweat dripping down onto the floor as she thought to herself on the matter. She had to pick someone to stand along side her, someone who understood the real her and not the mascot that she had painted herself as, that was the choice she had made but...

"Does anyone from my squad even fit the bill? Humph!"

Swapping her arms in a instant she continued, but the more she did the more worried she became over the matter that she may have to look outside of her team, or just hope someone joins her... She suspected the reason was that she may have been seen as the 'weakest' captain, but she had no time to be worrying about such things as that! Pushing off the ground she hoped back onto her feet, her other hand snatching up the paper as she did so.

"Shower, then food... The sun is coming up after all, wouldn't want everyone to enjoy their food without me help cook it."



A hour later Koyoshi was at the kitchen, the rising sun peeking over the seireitei as once again she was planning to work her magic! Tieing up her hair into a combat ready pony tail she also pulled free her scarf and tied it around her head in a make shift bandana! "Now, let us see what I may create today!" With that the scents of Koyoshi cooking filled the inside of the squad 11 barracks and even beyond as she started to create a Apple Risotto, the apple scents were complemented by the side of bacon that she had included to give it a nice balance for all within her squad, this was one of the 'powers' that Koyoshi had formed to bring people under her command together! Soon people were already lineing up, wondering what the captain was making for them today. Why 11? Well it was simple; their kichen was better than hers, liekly due to that old saying 'a army matches on its stomach'.

"I hope all enjoy~"

@Kitsune

Sieg Oda

It was a normal day of paperwork, he could hear the members outside sparring non-stop to the point metal clashing was a common sound to him. Yet slowly the noise vanished and when it reach the point of hearing birds tweet he looked around and could feel everyone gathered in one spot. Exiting his office he could smell food cooking which made him think his lieutenant was cooking but he wasn't this good at cooking. Once at the scene he stared in dis belief at his squad watching the squad nine captain cooking, some even asked to help. "H-how did you. Why did no one report this to me?" Sieg asked but was ignored, so he sighed and cracked his neck as he pushed past his squad members and to Koyoshi and crouched down still standing above her. "Hey. Any reason you are cooking at my territory and not your o- Is that chicken? Carry on then." Sieg said as he reached out to sample the food before him.

After finishing his paperwork for the day Kaizo was greeted by an old friend who suggested that they have a quick spar for some fun, Kaizo agreed to this and now found himself in the Squad 7 barracks courtyard facing his old friend. Many Squad 7 Shinigami had gathered to watch this spar as it was rare these sort of things happened and they could learn a lot from watching this. The Squad members listened and watched closely as Kaizo began speaking "I'm surprised you're here...I thought you wanted to spend the rest of your days relaxing?"

The man standing opposite Kaizo was the former Captain of Squad 7, Akira Tosa. He was a well respected Captain among the Gotei 13 but he was a man who belonged outside these walls as he enjoyed travelling...yet that didn't mean he wouldn't drop in every now and then to make sure his replacement wasn't slacking "Well I felt like dropping in suddenly, I want to make sure you aren't slacking...after all I can't have you dying now can I? after all...it will be me they call in to replace you"



Kaizo grinned at Akira as he stretched his arms out to his side before placing his hands on the back of his head as he then spoke "You left the Squad in capable hands, don't worry...and if I'm not mistaken that sounds like doubt to me." Kaizo narrowed his eyes slightly at his former Captain

hearing Kaizo speak Akira awkwardly rubbed the back of his head with his right hand, ruffling his already messy hair "A-Ah N-No it's not like that! I am very confident in your abilities but I wouldn't be doing my duty as your former Captain and friend if I didn't drop in to give you a little spar to keep you from becoming rusty..."

Kaizo let his arms drop to his side as he listed to Akira before speaking "You get off easy this time...but anyway, lets not keep these good people waiting. I'm sure they're itching to see a good hand to hand spar!" Kaizo grinned as he took his stance, raising his arms up as he prepared himself

Akira nodded before grabbing his cloak and pulling it off, throwing it to the side as it slammed into the ground, cracking the floor slightly. Akira then cracked his neck as he then took his stance "I hope you're ready Captain Kaguza...Wouldn't want you to get beat infront of your Squad"

Kaizo chuckled a little at what Akira said as he then spoke "I see you're coming at me with everything right out the gate...you can bet I'm ready, the real question is...are you?" Kaizo thrust his body forward as he disappeared before reappearing before Akira, throwing his right fist towards Akira's face

Akira himself grinned as he listened to Kaizo, he then took a deep breath as he watched Kaizo shunpo before him. Seeing Kaizo throw his right fist towards him he stepped forward and to Kaizo's left, lowering his body slightly as he gripped Kaizo's right wrist with his own left hand as he threw his right fist up to Kaizo's gut.

Kaizo watched Akira avoid his simple punch, he then felt Akira grab his right wrist as he then noticed Akira attempting to send a punch into his gut, yet Kaizo wasn't having this. Kaizo used his free left hand to knock Akira's right fist and arm away before quickly raising it up to bring his elbow down on Akira's head only to fail

Before Akira found himself caught by this elbow he shunpoed forward and behind Kaizo, the two now back to back as Akira spun to his right, raising his right arm up and gripping his right fist with his left hand as he aimed to hit Kaizo in the back of the head with his right elbow.

Kaizo watched as Akira avoided his own elbow and got behind him, Akira now trying to retaliate with his own elbow. Kaizo leaned his head forward slightly as he spun to his left, raising his left forearm as he blocked Akira's elbow "I say we kick this up a notch..." Kaizo grinned a little as he used his left forearm to push Akira's right arm up as he then stepped in closer to Akira with his right foot, bringing in his right fist to hit Akira in the right side of his rib cage.

Akira watched his attempt at an elbow stop dead, Akira then listened as Kaizo spoke before replying "I agree" Akira watched as Kaizo sent in another right punch yet Akira wasn't going to let such an attack hit him. Using Shunpo he appeared before Kaizo who was still looking where Akira was, Grinning Akira leaped into the air, twisting his body slightly as he aimed to hit Kaizo's head with the top of his right foot yet his foot cleanly went through Kaizo's head causing his momentum to keep carrying his body, this sight caused Akira's eyes to widen "An afterimage!"

"Correct!" Kaizo would appear in the air before an Akira who was now almost horizontal in the air, Kaizo grinned as he then slammed the top of his right foot into Akira's gut sending him flying across the courtyard before he landed and watched Akira roll across the floor a few times before finding his way to his feet and sliding to a stop

Akira once having stopped chuckled a little as he then spoke "I can't believe I forgot you could do that..." Akira took a deep breath as he then used Shunpo to appear before Kaizo, his body held low with his right fist already inches from Kaizo's gut

Kaizo watched Akira closely knowing he'd try close the gap fast and wasn't shocked to see him appear right before him, Kaizo went to hit Akira's right fist away with his left hand as he twisted his body to his right yet his eye widened seeing Akira's right foot coming towards his face "SHIT!" Kaizo had just enough time to raise his right forearm to the oncoming kick before he was sent flying back in the air before landing on his back, skidding across the floor before flipping himself back to land on his feet as he skidded to a stop "Using my own tricks on me huh? I can't stand for that..." Kaizo slammed his left foot down as he then shunpoed towards Akira who was now standing still waiting for Kaizo. Kaizo appeared before him, very low to the ground as he used his right leg to sweep let at Akira's legs to try knock him off balance

Akira watched as Kaizo attempted to knock him off balance yet he simply leaped into the air and spun forward, extending his left leg to bring the back of his foot down on Kaizo

Kaizo completed his spin and got both feet flat on the ground as he stood up straight only to notice Akira bringing his left foot down on Kaizo. Seeing this Kaizo raised his right hand up to Akira's left ankle and gripped it stopping the attack. Kaizo then stepped to the right slightly as he then threw Akira by his leg towards a nearby wall, this sent Akira into a spin as he headed towards the wall

Now spinning the air, Akira soon found himself flying towards a wall "That doesn't look good!" Akira managed to sort himself out the air as he landed on the flat surface of the wall with both feet as he then used it like a springboard to send himself back at Kaizo, quickly he closed the gap as he threw a powerful right fist towards Kaizo

Seeing Akira coming at him him Quickly he raised both forearms to Akira's oncoming punch, once the punch connected the two seemingly stopped still as the ground shook a little as a decent sized chunk of the earth behind Kaizo crumbled. The ground beneath Kaizo's feet was now cracked yet he had Akira right where he wanted him, Kaizo forced all his weight back as he brought his right foot up into Akira's gut, this connected with great force and Kaizo managed to perform almost an entire back flip with Akira on his foot before releasing him, sending him flying through the air once more as Kaizo landed with his back to Akira who was in flight towards another wall, yet this time the force was far to much to stop himself and so he braced himself for impact as he slammed through the wall and into the on sight spa's of Squad 7.

Akira found himself in the spa's waters looking up at Kaizo who was now standing at the edge of the spa, the light from the broken wall shining in behind him "I'd say that's enough for today..." Akira looked at Kaizo and frowned slightly before standing up from the Spa's waters and stepping out of it "Yeah, Yeah. Don't worry I'll get this fixed" Kaizo looked at Akira and listened before replying "Don't worry about it...this happens more than you think. I'll get my Squad members to fix it, it's good that they learn how to do this..."

Akira shrugged and walked out the large hole in the wall and into the courtyard "Can't say I didn't offer..." walking over to his cloak he bent down to pick it up before standing up and putting it on, Kaizo now walking towards him "Well that aside. How long you staying for?" Akira looked down at his wet clothes and then at Kaizo "I only came for a quick visit and a light spar...although I didn't need the bath thanks."

Kaizo chuckled a little looking at a seemingly moody Akira before speaking "You needed it..." Akira frowned at Kaizo before speaking "Hey it isn't easy finding somewhere to wash when your out on the road!...Well anyway I suppose I could stay until my clothes dry" Kaizo listened to Akira speak before nodding "I can tell you now there are plenty of places you could go to for a quick wash...and well that could take awhile seeing as you looked like a drowned rat" Akira narrowed his eyes at Kaizo before speaking "Those places are expensive! and hey! aint no way to talk to your former Captain!"

Kaizo shrugged and walked passed Akira towards his barracks "Yeah, Yeah...whatever ya cheapskate! And you lost the spar so I can diss you if I want" Akira looked to his right then spoke "Tch!...whatever" Akira followed close behind Kaizo before hearing Kaizo speak seriously as they were now out of ear shot of the Squad 7 members "While I appreciate you going easier on me infront of my members I'd prefer that you didn't...I'm not ashamed if I lose to an opponent that is far better than myself...I am however ashamed if I win against an opponent I know is far better than myself who is holding back..."

Akira listened to Kaizo and rubbed the back of his head with his right hand as he looked off to the right "So you could tell huh?...Well I can't help it, perhaps one day we can take our spar outside the Seireitei...then I will perhaps go all out" Akira knew how Kaizo was, yet he himself knew the two weren't sparring to the best of their abilities..."So Kaizo~ Any new ladies joined the Squad since I handed it over?" Kaizo let out a sigh as they continued to walk "A few actually...but I sure as hell aint letting you get near em'" Akira raised his right eyebrow as he showed some disbelief on his face "Aww come on! You know I'll treat them right!" Kaizo stopped then looked over his left shoulder at Akira "No. Women have just started to join this squad again, I don't need it's reputation tainted by you..." Kaizo then turned to face forward as he then continued speaking "I swear...you've hit on nearly every woman in the Seireitei, you think you'd get the message already..." Kaizo then continued walking as Akira questioned what the message was "Wait...what was the message!?"

Makiro Jaigon, Squad 11 Lieutenant
Squad 11 Compound: Training Grounds / Kitchen

Makiro’s day had begun earlier than most with him rising at the very calm hours which exist before the sunrises yet one is not in total darkness. He had made a rather simple meal of rice and beef before going off to the Training Grounds in the Compound where he had been for nearly the past two hours. While it nearly seemed as if the Lieutenant had been using his zanpakuto, if one looked closely they would find that his zanpakuto sat far off hand. Instead, the Lieutenant was attempting to train his kido, a skill which he never really trained to a level which would be integral in battle. Even though his position would denote a power greater than most Shinigami in the Gotei Thirteen, Makiro had always relied on his skill in zanjutsu and hakuda when it came down to. Rarely had he ever have to fight with Kido simply because his zanjutsu wasn’t strong enough and even when he did have to fight with Kido it was because of self placed restrictions.

”Hado number thirty-one, Shakkaho!” Makiro called as the red orb of flames formed from his hand. The dummy at the the end of the field was in for quite a hit as Makiro released the orb towards it. As the small orb collided with the dummy, a wave of air rocketed away and brushed past Makiro. The dummy was now on fire and missing a chunk from its left side. The power of the attack would seem strong but it was far from what Makiro would consider strong enough as not even that was near the level of strength it should be for his position. Then again, he believed that it was weak despite others telling him it was strong enough. Makiro felt that his kido was not strong enough as of yet and he had to change this to lead his men the best way. Makiro would have continued training if it hadn’t been for an entrancing smell coming from the Compound’s kitchen.

Makiro wiped the sweat from his forehead and took a quick shower before heading off to the kitchen to see what was going on. The Lieutenant had to practically push his way in as the line blocked his way through the doors. Upon entering, Makiro found Captain Oda by Captain Koyoshi who seemed to be cooking. ’Of course it is Koyoshi, it is not like Captain can cook anything without any real help. At least, not anything that smelled this amazing.’ Makiro said to himself as he struggled past the last few of the Squad members crowding around the doorway to get to the pair. ”Hey Captain, what in the world is going on here? Where are you using our kitchen Captain Koyoshi? I swear, you really shouldn’t use our kitchen without telling us.” Makiro said as he stepped beside her and looked into the pot. It was a risotto with apples and bacon, something which Makiro had never in thought to try and make. ”One of these days you should write down a recipe for some of these meals you make so I can actually make them as well” said the Lieutenant as he consumed a small spoon full of the complex rice mixture.

Fuyu Murakmai

Fuyu was watching two members spar and shook her head. "No no no, its all wrong." Fuyu said walking up to the young males and frowned. "We are suppose to be role model shinigami, yet with each strike I see hesitation. If you are too hesitant to hurt another or are in capable of dodging then get out now." Fuyu spoke and instantly the two men nodded and began to strike each other must faster than they had been, to which she nodded. "Better! Now keep it up!" Fuyu said as she watched for another minute before leaving the two and walking to old bones office to which upon opening the door she shouted in anger at her not being there. "How on earth is she squad ones captain?! She is far from a fucking role model! Then most of the time I end up doing the paper work! I will end herrrr!!!" Fuyu shouted and her verbals threats towards her grandma was such a common occurence that members passing by the office just told her to play nicely.

Seething she walked over to the desk and would smash the chair breaking it before looking at the paper work, that she was suppose to do but just left. "Old fucking hag, is probably off visiting the adopted shits." Fuyu mentioned as she sat right on the desk and began over looking the paperwork.

Koyoshi could only smile when she heard Captain Sieg come into the kitchen, she knew how this old song and dance went time and again so in preparation she had prepared a unique chicken version of her dish just for him, which seemed to silence his protest. "I will carry on, thank you Sieg." Her words were kind, but her spoon was fierce as she spun it between her fingers to give the guy a fast rap on the knuckles as he tried to snack on the unfinished dish before it had been cooked to perfection.

"That dose mean you have to wait though."

Next it was the turn of the Lieutenant of squad 11 to show up, it seems her cooking really did draw people in, as expected of course~ Gesturing to all the waiting mouths of his own sqaud mates, including the captains Koyoshi could not help but smile "It seems everyone here doesn't have any objections to me using your kitchen?" Looking down to the food as it neared completion she shook her head a little at the Lieutenant's suggestion of a recipe.

"Cooking, much like fighting, comes from the heart. I did not know what to cook until I discovered what you had remaining here. Ora, ora~ But feel free to copy if you wish, it would be a nice compliment."

Pulling out a diced apple she placed the chunks into the rice risotto, the flavor of apples coming from the apple juice she had used become, leaving the crunchiness of the chunks to complement the fluffy rice! As she dished up the risotto she pulled the bacon and chicken from its honied broth and placed it accordingly. A dish using the simplest of ingredients while regaining a fast cooking speed, a meal fit for a royal army that was for sure. Pulling off her bandana she peered back to the others.

"Well? Feel free to enjoy."

Once again, Xero was on watch duty. In a weird way, it was the duty that Xero got lumped with almost immediately after joining Division Eleven after graduating from the academy. Watch duty was in nigh solace for extended hours at a time. Couple with the fact there was never anything to report, it made the duty even more boring and tedious. Many used to see the chore as a form of punishment when they lost favour with others in the division for one reason or another. It found a suitable place in Xero's routine due to the shinigami's preference for anti-social behaviour. The problem with being a member of squad 11, is that the precedence and reputation of the division attracted more lenient, festive shinigami - the kind who weren't too interested in orders or being quiet. It made the more tame chores awkward and uncomfortable for Xero as other Eleventh Division shinigami would bombard him with questions to pick his brain, find out more about him.

Aloof on the roof.

The roof had no questions.

Xero was seated in praying lotus position, his eyes glancing this way and that as below him shinigami filed in and out of the various huts and areas. Xero saw the arrival of the 9th Division captain, but made no move to stop or approach her. He had done so very early on in his shinigami career, which result in 3 buildings of the division barracks being lost in leaves when he refused to back down from letting her pass without getting approval from the Captain first.

He also watched as the Captain and Lieutenant converged on the kitchen behind Koyoshi and soon after the aroma of rice, chicken and seasoned apple enticed the a good portion of the eleventh division to the windows and doorways of the kitchen eagerly anticipating food to be served. Xero stayed resolute at his post, but he could only find control over his conscious thoughts. His stomach rumbled and his nose wrinkled at the enticing aroma. He wanted to eat. He was hungry. But his shift had not finished. That was more important; more important than his next meal. More important than his last meal. Xero took a depth breath and stretched his neck.

Orders were orders after all.

@Oblivion666

It wasn't even late in the morning and Fuyu was already yelling like the damn berserker that she is. Zheng rubbed his eyes and yawned as he stepped out of bed, his long hair usually braided into a ponytail was tussled in ways that even some strands of hair defied gravity. Even the sun didn't seem to be fully awake yet! Well, he couldn't sleep too long since he had work to do. If there was an upside to Fuyu being louder than a howler monkey it was that she made an amazing alarm clock. Now only if she could just quiet down like one it would be perfect. He took a quick shower and threw on his uniform, a sleeveless black kosode that hug his body so that his clothes didn't hinder him, lose black sacks, black Chinese shoes with white socks, and a red sash tied around his waist. He walked over to a wall that had numerous marks and numbers indicating height. Zheng pressed his back against the wall and just above his head he etched a dash with a sharpie. With hope he turned around to look at his progress only to glare at it with disappointment. He hadn't grown an inch!

"Dammit, come one growth spurt. Do me a solid!" A sigh escaped his lips and he walked over to his fridge, pulling out a carton of a gallon of milk and proceeded to chug the contents of it. If he kept drinking it then maybe his body will start to grow? Hopefully it would. He ate a breakfast consisting of sunny side up eggs onto of rice with soy sauce on top of it. It was one of his favorite things to eat for breakfast and it was easy to make.

He was out of his room and walked along the barracks, yawning slightly as he still felt a bit sleepy. It was a little awkward being the youngest person in the squad while also being the third highest ranked as well. In actuality he wished there were more people his age in the seireitei that he could hang around with. Everyone else was either super old like Grandma, always angry like Fuyu, strange like Kazu, or in general were much older than him.

He could go visit Fuyu, but why would he? All she would do is bite his head off like she always did. If it wasn't one thing then it was simply another that pissed her off. Oh what the hell? He may as well play nice with her. If he knew the situation as well as he did she was in Grandma's office doing paperwork that she left for Fuyu to do. And he was right. She was sitting on Grandma's desk with splinters of wood scattered along the floor. "Uh, good morning...I guess Grandma is out on her morning walk again?"

Squad Five barracks. It was just after dawn. Kyoichi was in his room, reading manga. "Ah, granny is out again....I wonder which squad is she going to visit today...I suppose I should make sure my squad is tidy...The shit she gave me last time..." He sighed, and set whatever he was reading down. Standing up and stretching, he did a quick check to make sure his sword was at his hip and shunpo'ed out of his office.

Moving to the courtyard, some squad members are already up and carrying out their daily task of cleaning and dusting their own quarters. He offered them a simple nod as he passed them, and they did the same for him. In his squad, the relationship between him and its members are more like family, rather than superior to juniors. Thinking to himself, he said "A time like this makes me want to go and find myself a lieutenant..." Making his way to his office, he sat down at his desk and started reading the day's news and various official documents. "Maybe I'll pop over to Squad Nine and scare Koyoshi like before....Hmm..." He said as his pushed his paperwork aside, and shunpo'ed from his office...
@Kitsune

"Calm your mind and relax your muscles... Your mind, body and soul must unite as one... Only then will you be able to focus all of your healing energy and power... Your capabilities will rise and you'll be able to heal much more effectively... Now, everyone, at the sound of this chime, inhale..."

Her soothing soft voice filled every corner of the large box room occupied by herself and fifteen members of Squad four. The members were all seated in 3 rows of five. The Shinigami's power levels varied; some were seated high and low ranks, others were fresh out of the academy, Miho preferred to mix the members in these sessions to give them all a chance to work with and alongside each other. They all sat with legs crossed, backs straight and eyes facing the front, starting right at their Captain, Miho Hari-Zumi.

Miho sat facing her squad members, legs crossed also while adorning her Captain's Haori. She held a joyous smile which softly illuminated her facial features. Her left arm and hand rested in her left knee whilst her right arm was slightly raised. A miniature round symbol was fixed to her right thumb, it's partner fixed to her right index and middle finger. Gently but swiftly, Miho tapped the symbols together to create a chime sound. The room inhaled and held their breath with Miho leading the action.

"And exhale..." Ting!... With another chime sound, the room exhaled.

"Now once again..." Ting!... Repeating the string of moves, the room inhaled on the first chime and exhaled on the other, this time without needing Miho's instruction.

"Now everyone close your eyes... Relax your shoulders... Open your mind... Focus your energy... And remain reelaxed..." Spacing her instructions out while speaking calmly at a tranquil tone of voice, the room followed her steps as she spoke them, all but one member.

Within the second row of members, a Shinigami screwed their face into a 'strongly concentrating' expression. A bead of sweat dripped down the left of their forehead as they stayed seated but appeared in deep distress.

"I... I can't do it!!" They suddenly yelled, tearing through the blanket of peace which smothered the room. Miho's attention turned to the young memeber as they gripped their head defeatdly. "I'm so sorry Capitan but I can't! I can't concentrate! My mind is all over the place!"

Watching the member bend forward while still gripping their head, clearly upset, Miho continued to smile softly before speaking, her voice never loosing the calmness from before. "I see... Well my prodigies let us begin the one-to-one portion of this meditation session... All return to your previous relaxed states.... Close your eyes... Continue focusing your energy and take your time learning to control it at will..." Miho rose from her spot at the front of the room after her speech, casually walking over to the trouble young member in order to begin.

"Relax Gyansu... This is a slow learning process so don't worry... I will help you start your journey" Gyansu looked up at Miho sadly before sitting up and balling his fists on top of his thighs. His face was titled downward in shame. Miho took a seat in front of the male and faced him, still smiling. "You haven't done anything wrong Gyansu, please try to relax. I have faith in your abilities, I know you can do this so allow me to help you" With her legs crossed, Miho held both of her hands out in front of Gyansu. She had already discarded the symbols from early by placing them in the pocket of her Haori.

Both of her palms faced upwards as she made eye-contact with Gyansu. "Place your palms on top of mine, lets mediate together" Miho continued to offer her smile as she awaited Gyansu's response to her instruction. As asked, Gyansu quietly placed his hands on top of Miho's, hesitant at first but still did as his Captain said. With her smile growing a touch wider to thank the Shinigami, Miho continued to instruct Gyansu. "Now straighten your back... Close your eyes... And slowly but deeply breathe along with me.... Listen and use all of your other senses to guide you... Allow your thoughts to simply melt away..." Gyansu followed along with Miho's words, finding it easier to follow along with her steps now that she was instructing at his pace.

For some reason he felt and unusual feeling flow through him and surround his body. It wasn't bad... in fact it was rather comforting. It was unmistakably coming from Miho, but the feeling that flowed into him and wrapped around his body was something he hand't felt before. Gradually the pressure of the feeling strengthen and almost felt as thought it was radiating from within him. Little did he know, Miho had already moved her hands by now, however the warmth that came from her palms lingered around for longer than one would expect so Gyansu didn't notice. The odd feeling had completely distracted Gyansu from the hustle and bustle of his thoughts and centred his mind unknowingly, soon weaning him off of focusing on Miho's influence to focusing on his own energy and drawing it out.

Gyansu continued to breathe smoothly through this process meanwhile Miho had just sat and watched his relaxed face. She stayed seated and quiet as she didn't want the complete disappearance of her presence to startle the young man and break him from his mental journey. She studied the member's posture in the mean time. He was slouching slightly with raised shoulders which told Miho that the stress this member must of been feeling had manifested into knots in his shoulders. He certainly needed more relaxation time to adjust. Gyansu was one of the fresh out of the academy students, perhaps he wasn't used to such a relaxing atmosphere? After all, the academy is very fast-paced. Taking all of this into account, Miho made a mental note before using her ability to sense power levels to see if there was any other members in the room having trouble to focus on next.

'All of these Shinigami are remarkable, so many different personalities and varying strengths and weaknesses~ It is rather interesting'

@AbigailTenshi



Kazu was at the Squad 4 barracks where he had gone to collect some bodies, yet he found himself side tracked when he noticed many people gathered in a room, this sight peaked his curiosity and before he knew it he was sat down in this room following the instructions the Squad 4 Captain was giving out. In truth Kazu didn't really feel any different effects from this, however he noticed the person sitting to his right staring at him, this put him off slightly and soon found himself in a staring competition with this person. The two just sat there staring at eachother for awhile until Kazu reached into an inside pocket with his right hand as he pulled out a Banana and handed it to the person then nodded slightly as smiley faces showed up in the lenses of his Gas mask before fading as he turned his attention to the Captain. When he saw her move away from the person she was helping he assumed the lesson was over and began clapping as smiley faces appeared once more in the lenses of his gas mask "That was great! I don't know what we was doing but I feel happy! I don't know why I never knew about this before! I'ma have to show up to more of these!"

@Kurisa

Miho closed her eyes at the sound of clapping, her smile never leaving her face. The clapping had, as expected, disrupted the class which would of made this the second time the class had been inturuppted. However, Miho had alot of patience and didn't see these interruptions as a bother at all.

"I'm glad you enjoyed the first half of our meditation session Lieutenant. Feel free to join in as much as you'd like, we are always welcome to other members of the Seireitei hmhm" Adding a cute chuckle on the end of her sentence, Miho stood from her seat and looked around at the other members of the room. "Please do not allow yourselves to be easily startled. These sessions are about you and you alone... Focus, breathe, unite your mind, body and soul as one... Feel free to contact or attempt to contact your Zanpakuto if you feel that you need to... This is your opportunity to improve yourselves mentally, ask for my assistance if you need to, I am here to help you and aid you all" After her calmly spoken speech the rest of the room returned to their previous states once more.

Miho turned her cool blue eyes onto Kazu's smiling mask before walking over to him and taking a seat in front of him, facing him just as she did to the previous member she aided. "If you'd like Lieutenant, I can focus on you and make you feel something more... something that you've never felt before~" Speaking with a tinge of playfulness while her own eyes smiled along with her lips, Miho held out both of her hands with her palms facing upwards. "The one-to-one portion focuses on you solely along with my assistance. I like to use this time to mentally refresh my members and get them used to my power whilst guiding them through controlling their own power by will. Of course I do know that you're extremely capable so this would just be for fun, however you're welcome to leave if you have other things to take care of" She hummed another chuckle, her warm expression beaming at Kazu.

@AbigailTenshi



Kazu watched as Miho came over to him, sitting down infront of him as she then spoke and held out her hands. Kazu looked at this before nodding as he figured she wanted two Banana's. Just as well he came prepared! "You got it!" Kazu reached into his inner pocket and pulled out two Banana's, placing one in each of Miho's hands "I find Banana's fun to~" Kazu really couldn't remember why he was here, he was just enjoying this thing...he did however take this time to study the Captain of Squad 4, he'd never been this close to her...in fact...she smelt rather nice. "You smell nice...what perfume are you wearing? I don't think I've smelt this one before"

@Kurisa

Miho didn't quite receive what she was expecting, but then again she never explicitly asked for Kazu's hands. Looking at her newly acquired bananas, Miho chuckled. The majority of the members here were usually all so serious, Kazu however was different, which was a really nice change. Gripping softly the bananas, Miho smiled widely at Kazu while still chuckling. "Hehe, bananas are really nice and tasty hmhm, thank you Lieutenant Shinka" Despite being of Captain status, Miho always felt the need to bow her head to members in respect if she had been given a gift, thus why she bowed her head a little at Kazu as she thanked him.

Kazu then commented on her smell, which was and unexpected compliment but Kazu was always of full of lovely surprises. "Hehe, well I'm not really wearing any perfume... I do eat very well and treat my body like a shrine so I guess my natural scent must be what you're smelling hmhm, thank you for the compliment Lieutenant" Miho couldn't help a faint blush settle on her cheeks, she wasn't used to being complimented or anything of the like so it was easy to make her blush. Placing the bananas gently into one of her Haori pockets, Miho held her hands out again. "Would you like to place your palms on top of mine? I'll let you sample what I usually do with the other Shinigami that participate in these sessions" She offered once more, a little more clearer this time.

@AbigailTenshi



Kazu looked at Miho as she took the Banana's, commenting about how she liked them. To this Kazu nodded before speaking "You're welcome Captain" when Kazu heard that Miho was not wearing perfume he rubbed his chin with his right hand as he thought for a moment "Interesting...I seem to have picked up on your natural scent. You have my curiosity now...I'd like to study what you eat and your usual workout routine so I can test this. I wish to know if this scent is because of the combination of a good diet and keeping yourself fit..." Kazu's scientist side soon came out, despite it not being something particularly ground breaking he had to know why his nose found this scent so captivating...regardless Kazu soon returned to his normal self as he placed his palms ontop of Miho's per her request, this in itself would also be interesting...however as his hands rested atop of Miho's he noted how soft and gentle her hands were, it was odd...yet he got a soothing feeling from her...was this the magic of her healing hands?

@Kurisa

Miho chuckled happily as Kazu expressed a scientific interest in her scent. "I wouldn't mind having you join me while I excise or for a meal one day if you'd like. It would be nice to have some company, perhaps you could also invite your Captain along too so we can all get to know each other" She grinned at Kazu as she spoke with a hint of enthusiasm. Miho loved making friends and meeting new people, any chance she had she'd take it, anything was better than being alone during social activities. Kazu finally placed his palms on top of hers, now was when she could really show off one of her talents.

Lowering her grin to a delicate smile, Miho placed her thumbs on top of Kazu's hands to secure them. It had been a while since she preformed this onto a Lieutenant. "Alright now... Close your eyes... Back straight... Inhale.... Exhale... Inhale... Exhale... Focus..." As she did before, Miho followed the instructions she gave, expecting Kazu to follow along. Between both of their palms, a soothing warmth would fill the gap before an odd energy would flow into Kazu's body. He'd feel it flow through him before wrapping around him. The energy would have a comforting and reassuring feeling resonating from it.

Miho would then increase the pressure of this energy, making the feeling from it much stronger and noticeable, as well as a tad warming. The warmth that came from her palms would linger on Kazu's hands as she removed her own slowly, however it would feel as though her hands were still there. "You choose... How you'd like this energy to help you..." Speaking barely above a whisper, Miho opened her eyes to study Kazu's reaction to this. This was only meant to be a sample of what she could do, there were other techniques she had possessed for relaxation purposes, this was just one of the ones that she felt was suitable for these sessions. Also since she was unaware if Kazu was feeling stressed about anything, she didn't take things as far as she would of for someone who was in need.

"I really hope that helped you, even if it was a little bit" Miho would say after Kazu would choose to open his eyes.

@AbigailTenshi



Kazu remained calm and followed Miho's instructions and upon doing so would feel some interesting things, he was intrigued by this..was this a kido? and if not, then what was it...once again Kazu's scientist mind came into play yet he almost felt to relaxed to really pursue this. By the end of this Kazu took a deep breath and opened his eyes as he looked at Miho and spoke "It did help...my mind feels a little clearer now. I remember why I first came here" Kazu then leaned in a bit closer then looked left and right before whispering to Miho "I need something from you...it's a delicate matter and I don't want to cause any trouble by simply taking it. It's just...I really need this, it's very important...do you think you can help me?"